Fishhook disgorger



Oct. 7, 1930. e, w JEFFERY 1,777,695

FI SHHOOK DISGORGER Filed March 28, 1929 Fig.1. 2

Patented Oct. 7, 1930 UNITED sme GEORGE ILLIAM JEFFERY, orrrwroxnmialvr, ENGLIAm risr rrook niseonenn i Application filed March28, 1929, Serial No. 350,737, and in Great, Britain September 1a, 1928.

This invention'relates to .fish hook disgorgers, that is tosay, devicesfor quickly and conveniently releasing a fish hook from 'the tissues ofa fishs throat, gullet or stom- It is an object of the presentinventionto provide a'disgorger which will quickly and effectivelyrelease the fish hook from the tissues in as speedy and direct a manneras pos- 1o slble.

relatively thereto which will release the hook from the engaged tissueswithout injuring or disturbing the remoter parts of the 'gullet orstomach of the fish.

It is afurther object of the invention to provide a disgorger whichincludes a tissueengaging member having a bifurcated end to straddle thefish ,hook,.an extractor member having slidable engagement therewith,the

extractor memberbeing operable from a point externally of the fishsmouth.

. It is a further object of the inventlon to provide afish hookdisgorger which is provided with a recess to house the point of the fishhook after extractiomso as to prevent its accidental or otherre-engagement with,

the tissues during thewithdrawal of the apparatus from the fishs mouth.

With these and other objectsin view, the invention consists in thearrangement and combination of parts which will hereinafter be morefully described and set out in the appended claims. I

In the preferred form the dlsgorger, which is made of strip brass,comprisesa guide mem- 9 her having a bifurcated end, the arms of thebifurcation being separated by a slot and terminating in spikes toengage the tissue, and i an extractor member having slidable engagementwith the guide member, the end of the .extractor member being notched toengage with the fish hook, which is extracted by causing relativemovement between the extractor and the guide member. The notch alsoserves when thefish hook is out of sight,

I to guide the apparatus during insertionso' terminating atits forwardendintwo pro'ngQ the fish hook13 and extracts as shown in tforce'onthesurrounding tissue to avoid in of the bifurcation cadbe en-i gagedwith the tissue oneach side .of the fish,

hook,this being accomplished running the notch er the extractor memberlightly down thelihe andshankof the hook. l 'Theinvention is illustratedin the accom-1 panying drawing in which-. F'gure ,1 shows a plan andFigure 2 aside elevation of apreferred form of disgorgerj," Figures 3, 4and 5 illustrating the relative} movement of the parts in operation f iTurning nowfto jthe formillus trated, the

guide member is formed 3 of s a fiat brass strip 1, providedwithapair'of fingerringsQ, and

like members 3, 4separated a slot '5 and having their-extreme endspointed'and bent down in the 'shapeofspikes' or hooks 6; The push rod isalso; formed Of fiLb Ia SS strip 7 and terminates at one end a thumb.ring 8. It is provided with slots 9' whereby it is held in slidablerelation with the guideinember 1" by rivets10. .Atits forwarden d the"push rodis providedjwith v-shaped notch 1 1 In operation the guide;niember engages with the tissues 12, Fig. 3, of the fish adjacent 1 tothe fish hook 1 3,.the armsof thebifurcation 3, 4 lying one on eachside. of the fish hook to straddle same; This position is easily reachedeven when the hook cannotbe seen so by lightly running the bottom ofthefslot 5 down theline and shank ofthe hook. The push rod 7 is thenmovedto the left in Fig. 1 so thatfthe bottom of the notch engagesFig.4. i

,It will beappreciated that use: the device ispreferably pressed downsothat the,ac-. tual movement of the barb ofthe fish hook is required totake'placebetween ltheydo'w'n wardlydirected prongs 3, 4 and that thetis. sues will first be gathered; up into a slight pucker or swellingbehind the prongs as shown in Figure 3, so that thefish hook-thenreaches its, point ofexit afteria minimum 95 travel not usuallyexceeding the linear-dis tance between the barb and the rear faces ofthe prongs 3, 4, during whichloperation the guide vmember exerts asuflicient retaining ill juring or disturbing the remoter parts of thegullet or stomach of the fish.

After the fish hook has been extracted as shown in Figure 4:, the pushrod is retracted, keeping the line tight, to the position shown inFigure 5 before withdrawal of the dis gorger, in which position the hookand barb of the fish hook will lie snugly within the slot 5 as shown,and will not be liable again to catch in the tissues of the fish duringthe Withdrawal of the device.

In the preferred form the parts are made of brass stampings or othersheet metal, but the invention is not confined to this form ofconstruction but includes, for example, a disgorger in which the guidemember is formed of a pair of wires and a push rod of a single wire.Obviously any suitable means may be employed to retain the members inslidable engagement; instead of the rivets and slots for example, lugsintegral with one member may be bent round the other member to formclips or guides, or separate clips may be employed.

I claim I 1. A fish hook disgorger comprising a spiked tissue-engagingmember and an extractor member having slidable engagement therewith andprovided with a notch to en gage the fish hook. V

2. A fish hook disgorger comprising a tissue-engaging member having aspiked bifurcated end to straddle the fish hook and an extractor memberhaving slidable engagement therewith and provided with a notch to engagethe fish hook.

3. A fish hook disgorger comprising a guide member having a bifurcatedend, the

arms of the bifurcation being separated by a slot and terminating inspikes to engage the tissue, and an extractor member having s1idableengagement with said guide member.

4. A fish hook disgorger comprising a guide member having a bifurcatedend, the arms of the bifurcation being separated by a slot andterminating in spikes to engage the tissue, and an extractor memberhaving slidable engagement with said guide member, the end of saidextractor member being notched, the bottom of the notch moving over theslot of the guide member.

'5. A fish hook disgorger having a tissueengaging member and anextractor member having slidable engagement therewith, the tissueengaging member having a pair of spiked ends and a recess therebetweento house the point of the fish hook after extraction. I

6. A fish hook disgorger comprising a-guide member having a bifurcatedend, the hooked ends of the guide member serving to prevent rearwardmovement ofthe tissue from which the hook is being removed during suchremoval, and an extractor member havingslidable engagement with saidguide member,

GEORGE WILLIAM JEFF ERY.

